but don't you think people are going to have different points of view on what's offensive and what's not yes but that's why i just bring it down to if you do respect yourself and respect of the people it all comes out in the end you think people will naturally be an offensive to each other. will they necessarily know should they yes sticks and stones will break my bones but names will never harm so no name has ever been offensive to you know because you know what you have to be emotionally disturbed to have any mean attention and there's some more more deeper than in me. so it's ok for anyone to call anyone anything. it depends on how you say it and it depends on in the context that you use the word whether or not you believe the n word should be taken out of huckleberry finn the bottom line is we should consider how homogenous and boring the world would be if we take political correctness to five.

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if you knew the song from funds to these. stunts on t.v. dot com. for the full story we've got. the biggest issues get a human voice face to face with the news makers. recapping of the stories of the week this is our team. right now. two vessels remain stuck in ice off russia's far east coast as extreme weather delays rescue efforts powerful icebreakers are now near in their position to help guide the trapped ships to safer waters. and the sudden death of millions of fish and flocks

of birds across the globe sparked a media frenzy as doomsday speculators at the end of the world meanwhile scientists investigated possible explanations such as changing climate and poisoning in an attempt to solve the mystery. critics argue asylum policies are to blame for the growth of this stream of them across europe authorities say several serious attempts and the wave of recent arrests is proof that their. next we travel to russia region the heart of western siberia and the powerhouse of the country's coal mining industry. the camera region is one of russia's great mineral deposits based in southwestern

siberia it's stuffed with coal and iron ore which supplies heavy industry around the country but it's there's plenty of whites to go with the black the region also borders some stunning mountain ranges and is a mecca for the snow and scale of this but with temperatures dropping sometimes to minus thirty five celsius minus thirty one fire heights in the winter make sure you wrap up. one good thing about traveling in these kind of extreme temperatures as you can expect some real siberian hospitality i'm one kemmer of a nature reserve definitely lays out the welcome we wanted to see a real scene of siberian winter i guess this would be about as picture perfect as you get. but before we go in here. little boring. day i get to say hello welcome to the nature reserve tomsk a piece in itself and decode into all custom we're treating you with

a box cutter welcome. to the show. rice. pickles some signs a whole new a little bit. of what is. welcome to. it well come to my residence don't scare peace in your. eyes. this is father frost who did models in russian might give it away but he's russia's equivalent of santa claus there are no right. to here but we do have a one open slather. to work all year round because there's a lot of kids really like there waiting to see me.

apparently if you're going to be a guest of the frost you need to pack you don't think she's just a shell fish you know she really. i keep telling myself i. will. get my presence here. soon feel like i've been a good boy this year oh. i actually did have a serious reason for visiting this reserve and it was down on the stones below. the russian empire game to foothold in this region a little more than four hundred years ago but people have been living in this area for thousands of years and they've left their mark the locals call these drawings

handwriting to the river to. see the. kids. go. on to see this alongside the animals you can make out ships and bronze age symbols of the song which was worship body ancient indigenous tribes their unique painting of cameras past. and they bring thousands of visitors here every year. six thousand he would history. these rocks and you just take a look at the landscape. and you can think this is new. really

hasn't changed much. but this kind of peace and tranquility is the exception rather than the rule and once you step into the city itself you can find what really makes this place take. it's not difficult to see that this is a pretty heavily industrial zone but there's one industry that stands head and shoulders above the rest here they call this region russia's cold basin and without but that you know city here at all. the mining industry really took off for the beginning of the last century and developed during the soviet union nowadays the region supplies around sixty percent of the country's coal and on surprisingly they're rather proud of it. the original mining museum has plucks an old equipment from all of kemmer of his pits but with me here it might not exist at all yes.

or mine. very strong. this museum or. that he has it right i dreamed about this museum of nine hundred ninety i have lost bicycle. and go for a camera left to amsterdam the whole and. yes and so long gone off my. seven thousand skeletor slogan on the street. i want to make museums redhill nowadays the museum is one of the town's most popular tourist attractions. they've even built their own replicas show off to. welcome to our museum. there's a new york city show the lights in right mind this and there's a sense of mission was built approximately three or four years ago it's really

a popular place for granted about children but yes. yes we're going to sell it so that our rights have to get into the spirit because we didn't or else. ok. there is a bit of a necessity if you are as tall as about david. definitely better to be sure and here i think this is a commitment should be shown so the exhibition focus is only going to hundreds i mean has a selection of old mining safety gear i'm soules so this is i guess there is only twentieth century yes you can see a special box for all you see. and special instruments and if you were alone in the . rye. it's a very old. search for you if any sick i guess from back in the day. it's even possible to watch footage from the pit back in one thousand nine hundred

sixteen and the conditions the men had to endure on the ground. almost a hundred years old in the coal industry is still the region's largest exports but not all the fuel here ends up on the phone. igor smirnoff has a much more creative use for it he claims he's the only coal sculptor in the world it's amazing to think you can create something as foreign and detailed as this out of such a fragile and the tourist difficult tiriel to work with but without a little incentive from a friend none of these might be here at all one of the goals makes bets in that he'd never be able to make a sculpture of cole. he didn't put too much money on. his work ranges from fantasy pieces to portraits of the saints and he's quite happy to give lessons to. do less work on a design. this is such a tricky material to work with the coal is coated with

a special glue to stop it shattering but with every stroke of the chisel i was afraid i was going to chop the bear's head off pretty sure the eagle is going to have to do a little reconstructive surgery. look at it he's looking at you good. i think it's. a little bit of tidying up. he's not blind but he might need glasses i think ok me. he has shown off his work around siberia but his biggest fans closer to home. it is my daughter arranged for me to exhibit my works at a fair in kemet i bonded and a whole bunch of coal miners thanked me they shook hands with me and i realised that people appreciated my work as somebody who needed it and that what i was doing was interesting. and in this region a mine as approval counts for

a lot of coal is camera of his life blood and the vast majority of it is found in one specific place. oh as you can see i'm pretty. i'm not just anyone this is the biggest one in the whole of the country eight million tonnes of coal comes out of the ground here every single year. but before i could make my way to the show i still had some equipment to come. to pretty essential bits of kit. and of course light. and once everything was properly attached we were ready to head to the lift and literally take the plunge. is the pitch.

here. two hundred fifty made. me consider. this is the mine there's more than half a billion tons of coal down here that's enough to last another seventy years but we have a long way to get to the latest see. the miners work six hour shifts in toilets cramped conditions but they're using some of the most sophisticated equipment in the world and it's so simple to understand anyone can operate it. this is. something that takes the coal out of the safety of the conveyor belt. like a black hole. because a slice is eighty centimeters of coal at

a time and once one side has been thoroughly excavated the whole operation. moose phone would. conclude oh it's all eccentric views we only trust the press that you can say if your example of a crash. it only takes two hours to dig out a train load of coal a once it's been cut from the old the conveyor takes it straight to the factory. and occasionally it's a quick way out for a time i have mine. but only been down the pit for a short time but there's no avoiding the water in the cloying dust and it was a relief to get back out into the sunshine. so give up and just see the tough job people speak about the day at the coalface want to see how did they know the boat.

it was time for me to hit the showers but the co was just beginning its journey and its mixed estimation was a business that's essential to the camera of a region as the mining industry itself. culture is that so much of it and there's a huge musician i can find at the market to assist in misuse of religion is islam schooled on the misunderstood is the put on any more violence than the holy books of the christian. world. bringing you the latest in science and technology from around russia. we've got the future covered.

both. of the. just a couple of hundred kilometers from kemmerer of a is no because next and it's

a journey from coal county to steel city. is one of the fifteen largest steel mills in the world and has russia's lowest production costs. everything is watched over from an air conditioned control room but down on the factory floor things really start to heat up there's no problem with the siberian winter if you work in a place like this now this should give you an idea of what this region is really all about the ground here is full of iron ore and coal and if you put those two together a hell of a lot of heat you get pig iron and from that you can get steel. this is a real river of oil and it runs down into a series of huge cold rings ready for the mixed stage of the producers. and this is where this feel is for the most and mixes with the spark to you and the converting here i don't know lights up like guy fawkes night. quite likely they give you these

really. safe feudal system. oxygen is added and after a while the steel is ready to be cooled down cost and sliced up. two things by holmes here it never as each one of these red hot steel slabs weighs around twenty tons once they move in mind up and laid out here. they can then be packed up and sent off to the heavy industry clients around the country and around the world. this is definitely reason whether people work and play on but you won't catch them at the football stadium on a saturday afternoon because the coal. basins favorite sports is a whole different. this is the home of the who's boss banditti it's a cross between football and i still keep and it's hugely popular. so the top team

in the country and many believe it's all down to head trainer andre. this is. the right to. do business so nice to meet you. so this is the good this got you out of nineteen game win streak i think so. a little so listening to him some will surprise the guys that much of it's the full. go sideways ball. but even if you're not surprised there's always a game going on around here somewhere. good polish be interesting bundy a school they play outside in siberia in the winter. wish me luck. this looks like it might mean i sort of. possibly. james his the

stick and the team playing for the whites ok i'm with the whites the big much here . it's the to start with i was a little hit and miss but after running around for a while my deadly accuracy soon became apparent. one nil to the wall i. have a future in a small bus if you want to play this game you'll definitely have to work and you call it a hole just have a go between the stick. really reminds you of school you know. it was clear i was a natural for well you have to try and. the moment you think you know who. you are. so what do you think of that coach. was fine great girl

where are you treat. physical exercise it was definitely saw him for an unhealthy snack. and it turns out that this region produces some of the country's favorites. this is the home of the k.g.b. biscuit factory and if you're munching on a chocolate or just a cake in russia the chances are they will made here things change and now let's try to do that now let's do it direct to you lynn assured me around the factory fool gave me a quick lesson in biscuit making. disability he had counted simply. a bit of the feeling. we need. to start off with yes. that you. put it here at this second in greed and here is less of fame we should add to. this which i guess is some.

cheap stuff. to keep. this is sweet production on a massive scale they make ninety million of these little wife is here every single day. how this reminds me of my very. pointedly for all these new graduates into the chocolate fountain. to be so proud. they may be home to the region's most modern factories but no because now it's also retains a strong link with its paul asked i'm walking through some of the. city suburbs can be like taking a trip back in time. the street is a real snapshot of no because met six history things really haven't changed here in

the last hundred fifty years and over here might just be the most famous building. of the whole system. in a scene fifty seven after a long courtship the famous russian writer federal dostoyevsky married his great love and first wife maria asya in this city they lived here in this house for just twenty two days and now it's a museum and a monument to the people of this mess. and this the writer and his wife took a romantic stroll they might well have come to look over the city from its old military fort. where this fortress was built around two hundred years ago the old city of kuznets school still a popular rating point for bandits and also an important trading route so these guns were designed to keep the caravans moving and the raiders out. birthday's the fort and dostoevsky's house have

a steady stream of visitors but most of the tourists here have a different destination in mind. so the cosmos region is a place of heavy industry but once you get past all the coal in the eye and you don't have to come too far and you've got yourself a little mini version of the alps. a four hour drive from the because minsk and you're into perfect ski conditions and some of the region's most beautiful sea. apparently the most spectacular views are at the top of the green mountain just just up here and it's really only one way to get. now on troy and snowboarding once before in russia months if i was going to get the most out of this trip i thought i'd better have a slightly more reliable means of getting around. me that it is cool just up

here and fortunately i've got a friend who's going to be able to show me around a little bit better and he's got a rather special little snowmobile it's going to look. good because i'm the head of the tourist office. getting to see all sights. crossed and the moon. they are all very beautiful places. but it was ok. if you want to get around up here this is by far the quickest and easiest way to do it is. now being on the back of a snowmobile is all well and good. but really i couldn't wait to take the controls myself. what a way to travel. in the boat. you take a look at where we get a city pretty obvious well the coolest place the powerball. the very top of the

mountain is most by a huge steel cross and it's the best view of the mold. now this is what i call living the high life we're about fifteen hundred metres up here over there you can see the outside region and over here. we've got the crabs we are screeching as well it's such a clear and perfect day you can see it out a thousand kilometers in all directions and easy. i didn't have long left in the camera the region but there was still time to meet a bit of a local celebrity before i went home. well larry has been the local sheriff a nearly thirty years and until the forty's snowmobile back in two thousand and five he used to patrol this whole territory on skis. he's from the short sea troy indigenous people who've lived in the mountains and forest here for more than a thousand years. was is here we are james this is the most beautiful landscape in

these parts is called go to. there's a river down there only about two hundred meters from here is called the man us is distinguished by its clean water people used to live beyond the fields there were forms of the time they had very many cattle was not far from stock breeding local people when hunting and fishing they were very little blacksmith men in the tribes were nomads shifting from one place to another. and valarie took me to see one of the most stunning pieces of the region's natural architecture. realty has been visiting this cave since he was a boy every winter the water forms always stolid toit's and stuff like minds that can last well into the someone. but that's not the only surprise that could be in store for an unsuspecting. family there's more to this cave than just these beautiful stylish tights that are formed over here

a short sea have a legend about this place they talk about a shadowy figure called the mosque or of the mountain he. told harry sounds remarkably like big for to me. but. he's supposed to live in this cave if you see here. very good luck sir. i mean really. the monster of the mountain was keeping himself to himself and it was time for me to make my way out of this strange and diverse region with a halt of cold. download the official t. application to i phone i pod touch from the i.q. tops to.